benefit of clergy

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benefit of clergy Meaning of "benefit of clergy"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) sanction by a religious rite

Usage(s):

  1. Huxley died in 1895, at 70, and was buried without official benefit of clergy.
  2. After exchanging commonplaces, they set up housekeeping without benefit of clergy.
  3. The point is made by displaying a man and a woman in residence without benefit of clergy.
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